Saturday Night at the Opera playlist for 07/23/2011

Program: 
Saturday Night at the Opera
  • Aulis Sallinen
-
The Red Line
from
  • Finnish National Opera chorus and Orchestra, Okko Kamu (conductor), Eero Erkkilä (Chorus Master)
(
  • Finlandia
)
  • Elgar, Edward
-
Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf Op. 30
from
  • Teresa Cahill (soprano), Philip Langdrige (tenor), Brian Raynor Cook (bass), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley (conductor), London Philharmonic Choir, Richard Cooke (chorus master)
(
  • LP (EMI EX 27 0553 3)
)
For the first half of 7/23's SNO we heard Finnish composer Aulis Sallinen's 1978 opera "The Red Line," based on Ilmari Kianto's 1911 novel of the same name.
Department: 
Classical